Mib Object Hierarchy; Describing And Naming Objects - Bay Networks 6300 Supplement Manual

Chapter 2 Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP)
Remote Annex 6300 Supplement to the Remote Annex Administrator's Guide for UNIX
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Most parameters do not map to standard MIB objects. Instead, they map
to MIB objects in a proprietary (or private enterprise) MIB specific to the
RA 6300 and other Remote Annexes. The private MIB also contains
objects that provide status and statistics information to the network
manager (see Parameters vs. Private Enterprise MIB
This section explains the relationship between the RA 6300 (and other
Remote Annexes) and standard MIBs, listing the exceptions and
restrictions placed on standard MIBs by the RA 6300 SNMP agent. This
section includes:
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MIB Object Hierarchy

•

Describing and Naming Objects

• Restrictions on Standard MIBs
MIB Object Hierarchy
MIBs define the hierarchy of managed objects. MIB objects represent
data that the RA 6300 can retrieve or configuration information that it
can modify.
Describing and Naming Objects
RFC 1155 (Structure and Identification of Management Information for
TCP/IP-based internets) describes the layout and encoding of exchanged
data objects. The SMI (Structure of Management Information) uses the
ISO standard ASN.1 (Abstract Syntax Notation One) to define a method
for describing a hierarchical name space for managed information.
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on page 2-73).